Definitions of uproot [ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt]

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Definition of 'uproot'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) uproot
to pull out by or as if by the roots.

2. uproot
to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots.

3. uproot
to displace or remove violently, as from a home, country, customs, or way of life.

4. (v.i.) uproot
to become uprooted.

Etymology: (1610–20)

Definition of 'uproot'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) uproot, deracinate
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
"The war uprooted many people"

2. (verb) uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

3. (verb) uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
pull up by or as if by the roots
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Definition of 'uproot'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) uproot
to root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate

Translation of 'uproot'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.
Afrikaans: ontwortel, uittrek	Arabic: يَقْتَلِع	Bulgarian: изкоренявам
Brazilian: desenraizar	Czech: vytrhnout i s kořeny	German: ausreißen
Danish: rykke op med rod	Greek: ξεριζώνω	Spanish: desarraigar, arrancar
Estonian: välja juurima	Farsi: از ریشه درآوردن	Finnish: kiskoa juurineen
French: déraciner	Hebrew: לַעֲקוֹר מִן הַשוֹרֶש	Hindi: जड़ से उखाड़ना
Croatian: iskorijeniti	Hungarian: gyökerestül kitép	Indonesian: mencabut
Icelandic: uppræta; rífa upp með rót	Italian: sradicare, estirpare	Japanese: 根こそぎにする
Korean: 뿌리째 뽑다	Lithuanian: išrauti su šaknimis	Latvian: izraut ar saknēm
Malay: mencabut	Dutch: met wortel en al uittrekk	Norwegian: rykke opp med rota
Polish: wyrwać z korzeniami	Persian: از ریشه درآوردن	Pashto: له مونډه ويستل، له بيخه ك
Portuguese: desenraizar	Romanian: a dezrădăcina	Russian: вырывать с корнем
Slovak: vytrhnúť aj s koreňmi	Slovenian: izpuliti	Serbian: iskoreniti
Swedish: rycka upp med rötterna	Thai: ถอนต้นไม้	Turkish: kökünden sökmek
Taiwanese: 連根拔起	Ukrainian: виривати з коренем, викор	Urdu: جڑ سے اکھاڑنا
Vietnamese: nhổ bật rễ	Chinese: 连根拔起
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